A big motivation for pulling software apart to find security flaws is the idealistic hope that developers will get the message and do a better job next time.

But what happens if they don’t?

It’s something that must have researchers at security consultancies IOActive Labs and Embedi pulling out their hair, assuming they have any left.

Two years ago, they jointly found 50 weaknesses in the security of 20 mobile apps used by a plethora of SCADA Industrial Control Systems (ICS) sectors covering things like power, water, and manufacturing.

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